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Brûle-parfum

ca. mid-1st millennium BCE
Not on view
Du milieu du premier millénaire av. J.-C. jusqu’au VIe siècle apr. J.-C., les royaumes de l’ Arabie du sud-ouest ont joui de richesses et de pouvoirs considérables grâce au contrôle du commerce de l’encens entre l’Arabie et les rives méditerranéennes. Ce brûle-parfum en bronze atteste l’importance de l’encens dans la religion des peuples de l’ Arabie du sud-ouest. L’ibex et les serpents dont il est décoré, sont de puissants symboles apotropaïques représentant la virilité et la fertilité. Ils étaient souvent associés à des dieux locaux. Le disque et le croissant figurent probablement le dieu lune, principale divinité du panthéon.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Brûle-parfum
  • Date: v. 500 av. J.-C.
  • Aire géographique: Arabie du sud-ouest
  • Technique: Bronze
  • Dimensions: H. 27,6 cm
  • Crédits: Don du Dr Sidney A. Charlat, en mémoire de ses parents, Newman et Adele Charlat, 1949
  • Accession Number: 49.71.2
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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